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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

Ring out, wild bells, the chestnut crow.
The feeble quip. the ancient pun,
The jokes well known TO ev'ry one.
Ring out The oldi Ring IN The new.
-RAmAa.H
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

tits estimated that at least 25, 600 900
false teeth are manufactured annually. OF
this amount London alone manufactures
10. OO0. 900
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

Pierre Lorillard's toboggan slide at
Tuxedo is exactly one mile long, and the
descent is frequently made in just one
minute of time.-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25
At the Grand Central Depot.

Driver-Hansoms
Statue OF Liberty Visitor from Elmira)-
WAL, dunno. IL yer'd take little r that
air paint OF yer bugle yer might pasa tA Q
craowd. It'd Bita
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

The Princess Waldemar, Of Denmark, is
excessively fond of purple, and she APP
pears In magnificent costumes of that
cnl0F
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25
A Case of Short Haul.

A seedy looking man got aboard q Chicago
and Northwestern train at Racine the other
day. The train was about two miles out OF
Racine when the conductor came up and
asked him for his ticket.
Saint got any, but I'm railroad man my
SELF"
"Where do you want to go tor
Chicago"
"Well, said the good natured conductor
reaching for the bell rope, an do the best
can for YOU"
Thanks, thanks. We railroad men should
stand together"
Eyes. We have a heavy train to-day, and
this is a down grade along here. think the
train will run about 500 feet before It comes
to stop. I'll carry you that far with
pleasure"
A minute or two later the seedy looking
man was jumping Off into the snow"
"You're very kind, !" he said, "to carry me
even this far. But seems we're both rail.
your mind and take me furth2rn
"Sorry I can't oblige you.n replied the con-
ductor, waving a Ego ahead" signal to the
engineer, "but the fact is, that we have to be
very particular since congress has got TO
passing laws governing railroads. Under the
law the most can do for you is to give you
a short haul. Good day."
And the train pulled on in the direction of
Chicago. Chicago Herald.
A Tinker Worth Meeting.
The man who rambles roundabout New
York with his little pine box on his back
and a tinsmith's furnace in his hand and
sings at every other step: "Any UNI
brellas, wash kettles or boilers to mend, -
is familiar parsonage, but the dilapi-
dated specimen that blew into the police
bureau of The Mail and Express the other
day was a rara avis. His entire kit of
tools was little black pot about the size
Of tomato can and fat brush about
half an inch wide.
Eye hain't got no umbrellers nor over
coats nor shoes We want done up, be yep
His question was so uncommon that
the writer was puzzled for minute and
hesitated while the peripatetic tinker con-
tinued:
~ kin take any old cotton umbreller
and make it er genuine waterproof war
ranted never to leak, rip, stick or tear.
Ef We are got a rubber coat I'll size er
over fer We en- overshoe wots worn I'll
make it good as new fer ye."
A set of rubber leggings was the only
article the writer could find about the
place, and passing them over to the tinker
he babe him "size 'em over" The opera
ton consisted in painting the leggings in
such places as where the rubber was
worn away or cracked, and 1t is only Just
to say that the work was well worth the
fifteen cents charged for it. The leggings
were really as good as new. The compo.
sition used In the work was dammar var.
nish and asphaltum in about equal quaint.
ties, to which q little turpentine. has been
added. The coating applied to rubber
goods restores their original appearance
and usefulness, and, according to the
tinker, els an excellent compound for to
cover spots wot gifts on gossamer coats
and cloaks. New York Mail and Elk
press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

II OF H.-MANKAT0 LODGE NO. 1858,
Nsmcets second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month in Odd Fellows hall.
s. W. BURGESS, ID.
H. g. WOOD, Reporter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

MISSION LODGE.
NJ No. GO. 1. .. G. T. meets every Friday
evening in their Hall. 46m6
b. 5. WEYMOUTH, W. c. r.
p Cook w SEC
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

WELSH CALVANISTIC METHODIST
w church. Located ON State st. Services
very Sunday 10 a. m, :. y. m, p. IN. cord
ial invitation extended To all.
REV. j. T.. JONES, Pastor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

OUR sAVIOR'S EVANGELICAL LUTH-
" ERAN CHURCH, corner Pleasant and
Carroll Str. Morning services begin at 1880:
evening services at $50 Sunday school meets
aI3p m REV. h. q. FAEGRE, Pastor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

BAPTIST CHURCH. - +. l.. PATTERSON,
ID Pastor. Services every Sabbath at
IO:3O a. IN. and 1880 d. m. Young peoples
Meeting at 200 D. m. Sabbath school at 1900
IN Prayer meeting every Thursday evening
at 1880 ID. IN. Covenant meeting ON Thursday
evening before the first Sabbath in each
month
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-25

A seedy looking man got aboard a Chicago
and Northwestern train at Racine the other
day. The train was about two miles out OF
Racine when the conductor came up and
asked him for his ticket
Saint got any, but I'm railroad man my
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
George was Inside.

The son OF well.known New
Yorker left the city last summer
and went to India to make his home
with an uncle who had grown rich
in the orient. Several months ago
the family received a let!e: from the
uncle saying that his nephew was
dead AMI the body had been EN-.
balmed and sent home by . sailing
ship. Last week the vessel arrived
here and the young mans parents,
attired in deep mourning, went to
receive the remains. A peculiarly
shaped box was delivered to them,
and was removed to their home.
when tho undertaken opened the
chest to give the parents q last look
ut the body, it was found to contain
a large Bengal tiger. The surprised
father at once cabled to his brother
in India:
"Some mistake, Georges body
not arrived. Coffin contained Ben.
gal tiger"
mo mistake, George inside. tiger"
: New York Mail and Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09

Our esteemed contemporary observ-
ing the progress OF tie labor move
ment in the United States makes
haste to endorse Master Workman
Powderly with lip-service), much as
Judas endorsed Christ. It's article
concludes with an allusion to the
land question which 1t declares
must be settled in the interest Of the
people. 1t cannot have been for
gotten by the Times editor that
bills have passed tic lower house Of
Congress, restoring to the public
domain IN the aggregate more than
100 100000 acres Of unearned lands.
Which the Republican party during
the past twenty years has aided
railroad corporations 10 steal, yet
when the bills reached the Senate,
the men whom. 1t supports, senators
Allison and Wilson, two corporation
senators from Iowa, have risen in
their places and procured postpone
ment OF action in the interest OF the
railroads and against the people.
The Times cannot honestly endorse
Powderly and cling to these two
idols. It is feat as difficult as for
Ia circus rider to perform in the ring
on steeds going at full speed in OPP
posite directions. Powderly is going
on all public questions exactly op-
posite to what Wilson and Allison
are.
The first convention Of the Repub-
lean party in Pittsburgh, Aug. 18th
1852, resolved.
IL. That all men have a natural
right to portion Of the soil; and
that as the use OF the soil is indis-
pensable to life, the right OF all men
to the soil is as sacred as the right
to life itself.
II. That the public lands OF the
United States belong to the people.
and should not be sold to individu-
| ais nor granted to corporations, bn,
should be granted in Unite d quaint
ties. free Of cost, to iandless settlers
Since then it has given direct to
railroads more land than was en-.
braced in the original thirteen colo
MES. Prior to that, grants Of public
lands had been made only to States
to aid them in carrying on theiI
system OF public works. And a rep
rehensible feature Of recent grants
is that Senators and Representatives
elected to guard the public interests
have instead, organized corporations
OF which they are members. ane
voted the public domain to theil
own speculative purposes. These
charges are specially true rs to botf
Iowa Senators and to most OF it.
Representatives. The Abba Opin
ion correctly epitomizes the truth il
the following statements:
The two old parties subsist OF
their past record.
The Democratic party survives OF
Jackson's anti-bank record, ant
practices that which Jackson de
nounced.
4 The Republican party subsists up
on its record Of free soil, free speech
free men, human equality and
greenback currency, while it create.
land monopolies, bank monopolies
transportation and other monopo
, lies in order to enable the few, '.ric'
and well born" to rule over and en-
slave the Many.
Labor, since the passage OF Publ
Crdit Strengthening Act in 1869, ha
been constantly crusified between
the tw o thieves Of these two oil,
|, parties.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
(,ErSGo. Iowa. JI-xr 2 1887

CEEsCo. Iowa, JUNE 3. 1887.
Hon. Lewis Baker, ST Paul Mimi,
Dear Sir:-Yours OF the 14th ult.
asking my preference for President
and Vice President Ill hand.
I am drifting with events; have
not settled upon the man desired.
lie should be IL conyersant with The
needs OF the west, rs he is Of tie
demands Of Wall Street. He should
be as earnest iii tile interest Of cur
rcncy reform. IS In tie Civil Service
Reform. so called. lie should favor
the coinage Of the precious metals
upon the same terms, and be en-
dowed with the spirit Of opposition
to our National banking system,
that inspired Andrew Jackson in
his fight with the United States
bank. He should favor a law OF
Congress requiring the secretary OF
the treasury to call in outstanding
bonds whenever there IS o surplus
in the treasury, whether due or not.
and stopping interest after called.
He should favor a law restoring to
the public domain every acre OF
land granted TO corporations Which
they have not earned. He should
have been at some time during his
life ut least twenty miles west OF
Buffalo.
He should keep national bankers
ont OF the treasury department.
Perhaps your better acquaintance
with public men will enable you to
suggest the kind OF men who would
suit me. could put up with Gen
J. B. Weaver and u. w. Voorhees,
very well. Truly Yours,
w. r. MEAD.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
Enjoy Life.

What true beautiful world we
live in! Nature gives US grandeur
OF mountains glens and oceans. and
thousands OF means OF enjoyment.
We can desire no better when in
perfect health: but how often do the
majority OF people feel like giving
it up disheartened, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there
10 no occasion for this feeling, as
every sufferer can easily obtain sat
isfactory proof. that Green's august
Florer, will make them free from
disease, as when born. Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint arc the direct
causes of seyenty.dve per cent. OF
such maiadies as Billiousnes, Indi-
restion, Sick Headache, Costiveness,
Nervous Prostitution, Dizziness OF
the Head. Palpi.ation Of the Heart,
and ether distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF Aug,lsf Fo,rer will
prove its wonderful effect. Sample
bottle, - esSH 5syh e@pa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
A New Steal.

An enterprising young man with
II slick tongue, fair face and a
good suit OF clothes, is travelling
this section Of country selling hens
eggs at IS per dozen. In every
section he works he executes q good
bond to take all the chickens hatch
cd from them at S3 apiece, II the
party buying the eggs is dissatisfied
at any time with the breed Of fowls.
He gets in with some we'll known
man in the locality who Is perfectly
good. and who becomes security on
the bond to take the chickens at 50
each. The secret OF the young
mans success is that he boils the
eggs before selling them. Unqnes-
tionably. chickens Matched from
boiled eggs would be worth 50 each.
CORY Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
The Remarkable Cures

Which have been effected by Hoods
Sarsaparilla are sufficient proof that
this medicine does possess peculiar
curative power. In the severest
eases Of scrofula or salt rheum,
when other preparations had been
powerless, the use OF Hoods Sarsa-
par:lla has brought about tho hap
piest results The case of Miss
Sarah C. Whittier. of Lowell, Mass,
who suffered terribly from scrofu-
lous sores: that OF Charles A. Rob
erts, Of East Wilson, n. Y, who had
thirteen assesses on his face and
neck: that Of Willie Duff, Of Walpole
Mass, who had hip disease and
scrofula solbai that the physicians
said he could not recover, are o few
of the many instances in which
wonderful cures were effected by
this medicine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
The pharmacists state convention

The pharmacists state convention
at Waterloo was opened just like
civilized organization, with prayer.
Don't know whether the officiating
clergyman had to sign blank that
the prayer was "for the use OF medi.
cine only" or whether the pharma.
cists thought it would give an ap.
pearance OF responsibility to the
proceedings. Who says the sale
OF liquor is not honorable after the
genial smile Of Omnipotence has
been invoked to shine upon it? II
there is anything any funnier than
this happened the past week it was
when we were not looking. Postal
Gard.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
Are You in Earnest?

Do the working men really desire
to obtain their rights: Do they
really wish to be free? The ques-
ton may seem strangely absurd.
Yet when we observe the apathy
and Indifference Of the majority
they become peculiarly pertinent.
The people will have their liberties
just as 1oon rs they deserve them.
The workers will have their rights
Just as soon as they desire them.
No power on earth can enslave the
American masses but themselves.
Were they true men they could not
be wronged or robbed. 1t takes
true men to be freemen: to either
obtain or maintain their freedom.
To obtain their rights the workers
must be in earnest in their efforts.
Witness the thousands who join
labor and reform organizations
through mere superficial curiosity
and never thereafter attend meet
ing. WAC know and care no more
about the objects and purposes to
which they subscribe and pledge
themselves than does the Shah Of
Persia. DO such men deserve liber-
lty? Can such men maintain their
rights? Witness The thousands who
will not walk even Il block to attend
a labor meeting. Witness the thous-
and who will denounce monopolisfs
| for their selfishness, and yet they
themselves are SO intensely selfish
that they will not even make the
slightest sacrifice to maintain a re-
form association OF support a re-
form press. Are such men in earn
esta Do they deserve liberty? No!
liberty like an honest livelihood
requires individual effort and often
self sacrifice to secure it. Would
the millionaires and capitalists have
made their millions had they been
as Indifferent to their interests as
the working men OF theirs? Fancy
Jay Gould or Phil Armour too
lazy and Indifferent TO walk a few
blocks when question affecting
their vital interests was under con-
sideration. Fancy Gould or al
Armour on the way to such q meet
ing dropping into a saloon, forget
ting all about the meeting. spending
his last dollar on his stomach, and
then starving his brain for months
by having nothing toread Of passing
events or progressive thought. No;
such supposition would be pre-
posterous. These men were and are
in earnest. They made sacrifices
and they succeeded. True, it was
selfishness that inspired them. But
surely honest manhood ought to be
willing to make us much sacrifice
in the sacred cause Of freedom as
those selfish men have made in the
struggle for sorded gain. II the
masses have not that honest man
hood do they deserve freedom? The
men who prefer dreary apathy to
soulful effort; who prefer TO invest
their spare moments in CAB and
blab instead Of serious study. and
their spare dimes and dollars in
stimulating OF supplying poisons,
rather than in mental food and
moral elevation, may expect to re-
main somebody's serf. Are you in
earnest? Then by your actions
prove it.-Soutl West.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
Money. a Thing Of law.

The Journal of United Labor pub
/, lished by the Order of the Knights
OF Labor. put the following propo-
sitions, which cover the question OF
money about as we'll as It can be
done.
There are four propositions that
must stand in the face OF all contro.
versy.
That all money, Of whatever
composed, gold, silver, iron. or paper.
il made and unnade by law.
| ? That money, OF whatever
make is always national, never in
tcrnational except by agreement Of
nations.
3 That the money Of one nation
Is never the money Of another
nation, though composed CT the
same material.
That nations do not pay debts
to each other in money but In COM
moditics. II coin be used Ia pay
ment, it is received not as money
but as metal. 1t is accepted by
weight aud not by count.
The truth OF these propositions
settles the question Of what consti-
tutes money. The history OF the
world upon money proves tho truth
Of these four Observation-Disclosures
trial Appeal.
Yes, money Is a thing created by
law. It has no existence outside Of
law. The substance from which
money il made. may be ; commo-
dity, but money is not \ commodity,
though large number OF financial
writers have made the mistake OF
calling it SO. There is no interna.
tional money. Gold and silver, rs
bullion, is a commodity, and as such
is transferred from nation to nation
ut a given rate. Its price varies,
but not SO with money. Money has
a fixed value, and although the
metal out OF which coin 10 made,
may change In value tho coin itself
in the nation where the cola ID
made does not change In value,
The 4l24 grains silver dollar Is 4
dollar to all intents and purposes Ii
the U. S., as much as the gold dol
lar OF 25 $40 grains. The value oil
the bullion in one or the other may
change, but the value Of the coin Il
fixed by the statute law. and does
not change. There Is therefore nc
such thing in existence az IN 6Ot
legal tender dollar. It cannot exist
The silver dollar. OF tho U. g., 10 q
full legal tender dollar, and viii
purchase as much OF any commodity
in the L. S., as any gold dollar. Blu
the laws OF one nation cannot make
. coin pass in another nation fol
more than Its bullion value, 90 Their.
is no international money. Debit
are paid between nations In commo
dities, wheat, corn, manufactured
goods, or gold and silver. bullion
The Silver Dollar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
A Kind of Sunday Peer.

Mr.. Kramer, the proprietor Of the
Atlantic garden, in the Bowery,
New York, who was arrested for
selling lager beer on Sunday, had a
good defence. 1t warn't lager at all
but watery compound containing
only 2. per centum Of alcohol.
Lager beer should have ) to 8 per
centum. He had ordered such beer
made especially for his Sunday use
and he called for TIE books OF the
brewery aud proved the ruth OF
xsss h lsta.~obIss9o feHt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09

What Editor O'Brien wants to do
Is to carry a CARLOAD OF brickbats
with him while marching through
Canada. It will take \ good load
OF brick to lay out man with
Lansdowne's full name and title,
which is HENRY CHARLES KEITH Per-
cY FITzMAuRIcE, marquis Of Lans-
downe, earl Of Wycombe Chipping,
Buckinghamshire, viscount Calne
and Calnestone, Wiltshire; earl Of
kerry, earl Of Shelburne, viscount
Clanmaurice, baron Of Kerry. Liz.
nav and Dunkeron,-Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09

A great many people say they see
no advantage to be gained from
increasing wages. The argument
used is that if wages We're doubled
the cost of living would double, that
il the price Of farm produce doubled
the cost OF production would double,
and, therefore, neither the farmer
nor the laborcr would be any better
off under high prices and high wages
than they are to-day under low
prices and low wages. Such an ar
gument Is delusion and is put out
at this time for the purpose OF
auieting the disturbing elements.
Let us look at the situation as 1t
really is. Here We are a people
struggling beneath the burden OF
millions; yes, billions Of dollars Of
debt. How to pay this enormous
indebtedness and free the people
from the grasp OF "a few selfish
money lords is a question OF the
hour. Suppose farmer raises l.
600 bushels of corn at cost OF ten
cents per bushel, and sells the corn
at twenty cents per bushel, he could
only have 500 to apply on his mort
gage. But suppose We double the
cost of production and the market
price, and allow the farmer to raise
1000 bushels Of corn at twenty cents
per hushel, and sell it ut forty cents
per Lushel, we now find that he has
5000 instead of 500 to apply on his
mortgage. The same is true with
wages. IT Il working man gets one
dollar per day and it costs him
seventy-tive cents per day to live.
he has but twenty-five cents to
apply on his debt, but if he gets
two dollars per day and it costs him
one dollar and half to live, he has
fifty cents left to apply on his debts.
Every money shark in the land un-
derstands this problem and that is
the reason they do everything in
their power to keep prices down
and wages low. They know that
prices and wages would
pay the debts and free the people
and that their little "fat takes
would then cease and they would be
obliged to work and earn a living
like other people.-Indnstrjal West.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09
Why National Banks Should be
Abolished.

The national banks ofissue should
be abolished because:
J Their notes are expensive.
Hack OF every 800 in bank notes is
800 In bonds.
2 Their existence demands the per.
petuation OF q national bonded debt.
3 They have the right to expand
and contract currency at will.
4 The government should not
engage Ia q banking business.
5 The issuing OF money is q SOW
ereign power, like the levying OF
taxes or making OF war and should
not be delegated to corporations or
individuals.:-Signal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09

"Oh! If 1 had only known that in
time" Known what? known that
a simple cold in the head may de.
velope into chronic Catarrh." Well.
it isn't too late, for Ely's Cream
Balm will cure catarrh even after
the sufferers life has become Il bur-
den TO him, and he a nuisance to his
friends Il is the only radical and
thoroughly scientific catarrh cure
known. Not snul5. Not IA liquid.
Prise IVY eeatE Ws7
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-09

A Merchants Opinion.

Mr.. B. F. Nourse, General Western
Agent Royal Baking Powder Co.,
writes: II have never found so
great results from physicians pre-
scriptions and attendance upon our
children, rs / have after q few days
use OF Papillon (extraot OF dax)
Skin Cure. I cannot describe to
you medically what II has done for
us, but can say that years Of treat.
ment have not accomplished what
Papillon has done after . few ap
plications.' Large bottles only d
at Lowry & Connolly's Drug Store.